The 2024 ASHA Journals Awards encompass two categories of publications-related awards: (1) The Alfred K. Kawana Award for Lifetime Achievement in Publications and (2) the Editor’s Awards. For information on the ASHA Journals Awards, including present and past recipients, see the ASHA Journals Awards page on ASHAWire.

The Alfred K. Kawana Award for Lifetime Achievement in Publications

This award, named in memory of the late Alfred K. Kawana, former Director of ASHA Publications, recognizes a sustained history of exemplary publications by a scholar whose journal contributions span a period of at least 10 years and are meritorious in their educational, scientific, or clinical value. For information on the Kawana Award, including present and past recipients, see the Kawana Award page on ASHAWire.

2024 Kawana Awardee: Karla K. McGregor, PhD, CCC-SLP, BCS-CL

Dr. Karla K. McGregor is a Senior Scientist and the Director of the Word Learning Laboratory in the Center for Childhood Deafness, Language, and Learning at Boys Town National Research Hospital. She is Professor Emerita at The University of Iowa and a former Honorary Professor at The University of Sydney. Dr. McGregor is an ASHA Fellow and was awarded Honors of the Association in 2023. She has made significant contributions to the study of child language and developmental language disorders. Dr. McGregor’s contributions to the ASHA Journals span 25 years and have been recognized with three Editor’s Awards.

Editor’s Awards

An Editor’s Award is awarded by each editor-in-chief from AJA, AJSLP, LSHSS, JSLHR, and by each of the four editors-in-chief of Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups for the article that the editor-in-chief and editors believe meets the highest quality standards in research design, presentation, and impact for a given year.

2024 Editor’s Award Winners (for articles published in 2023)

American Journal of Audiology (EIC: Erin Picou )

Predicting Behavioral Threshold at 6 and 8 kHz for Children and Adults Based on the Auditory Brainstem Response
Heather L. Porter, Christina Dubas, Manuel Vicente, Emily Buss, Danielle Bishop, and Jan Kaminski

American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology (EIC: Erinn Finke)

A Longitudinal Investigation of Code-Related Emergent Literacy Skills in Children Who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing Across the Preschool Years
Krystal L. Werfel, Gabriella Reynolds, and Lisa Fitton

American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology (EIC: Rita Patel)

Accumulated Secretions and Associated Aerodigestive Function in Patients With Dysphagia
Alexandra Hunting, Belinda Steffanoni, Angela Jacques, and Anna Miles

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research – Speech Section (EIC: Cara Stepp)

Gender-Affirming Voice Training for Trans Women: Effectiveness of Training on Patient-Reported Outcomes and Listener Perceptions of Voice
Jennifer Oates, Maria Södersten, Sterling Quinn, Ulrika Nygren, Georgia Dacakis, Victoria Kelly, Georgina Smith, and Anders Sand

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research – Language Section (EIC: Julie Washington)

Developmental Language Disorder and Writing: A Scoping Review From Childhood to Adulthood
Alexander Tucci and Elizabeth Choi

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research – Hearing Section (EIC: Rachael Frush Holt)

Noise-Vocoded Sentence Recognition and the Use of Context in Older and Younger Adult Listeners
Aaron C. Moberly, Varun V. Varadarajan, and Terrin N. Tamati

Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools (EIC: Kelly Farquharson)

Native American Caregiver–Child Shared Book Reading Interactions: A Descriptive Study and Integrative Review
Mark Guiberson and Kyliah Petrita Ferris

Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups (EIC: Monique T. Mills)

What Predicts Individual Response to Language Treatment in Bilingual Children With Developmental Language Disorder?
Kerry Danahy Ebert and Giang T. Pham

Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups (EIC: Kendrea L. Garand)

Factors Associated With Resident Intake of Thickened Liquids in Long-Term Care
Sophia Werden Abrams, Heather Keller, Natalie Carrier, Christina Lengyel, Susan E. Slaughter, and Ashwini Namasivayam-MacDonald

Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups (EIC: Dawn Konrad-Martin)

Disparities in Health Care Utilization Among Deaf and Hard of Hearing Adults
Valeria C. Gonzalez, Zulma Y. Santiago, Molly Jacobs, and Charles Ellis

Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups (EIC: Celeste Domsch)

Early Precursors of Reading Development in Simultaneous Bilinguals: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Insiya Bhalloo and Monika Molnar